Inherent Neoauthoritarian Tendencies within Contemporary Societal Institutions: An Analysis of Global Governmentality and ‘Leftism’ in Relation to Interpreted Ideological Components of Emerging Policies and Political Figures by Callum Cockbill. | Politic

The concept of authoritarianism is typically defined as the manifestation of absolute governmental power within a societal structure, able to exercise control over a population regardless of legitimacy. Within contemporary Western civilisation, the implementation of liberal democracy claims to have eradicated authoritarian politics, as mechanisms including extensive suffrage and regulatory...

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Media power is a crucial, although often taken for granted, concept. We assume, for example, that the media are &#39;powerful&#39;; if they were not, why would there be so many controversies over the regulation, control and impact of communicative institutions and processes? Further, we assume that...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia's prime minister has a problem: He can't explain away a $700 million bank account to a skeptical public. His response? A crackdown on critics and the press that has kept him in power but doesn't address a deep reservoir of dissatisfaction with his leadership...

Since the end of the Cold War, there has been strong bipartisan dedication to the idea that America's future will be written in the Asia-Pacific. The Obama administration has argued the case most forcefully. Hillary Clinton, when she was secretary of state, wrote:
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The two most important issues of the 2016 election are non-partisan.
(1) The federal government and the media are, as institutions, hopelessly corrupt.
(2) The United States has elections, but we no longer have representative government.
None of the problems facing the country can be...

Posted by benjamin September 13, 2011 [updated 9/14/2011, 6:17pm] Although a decade of research has proven a high level cabal at the top of the Western power structure was behind the 911 terror attacks, few realize the attack was an esoteric battle in a war for control of the global financial...

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Apple has awarded optical communications components manufacturer Finisar $390 million from its Advanced Manufacturing Fund to increase spending on research, development and production on vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers.
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A cryptocurrency is a decentralised digital asset, which is exchangeable between users on a peer-to-peer transaction system (transactions are recorded on a blockchain). When I use my credit card, I am effectively using a digital currency (no notes or coins change hands) but what makes a...

Republican Kentucky state lawmaker Dan Johnson, who was accused this week of sexually molesting a 17-year-old girl, was reportedly found dead after an apparent suicide Wednesday night. The news comes just two days after the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting published a multi-chapter...